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Assemblage

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as⋅sem⋅blage

  [uh-sem-blij; for 3, 4 also Fr. a-sahn-blazh]
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–noun
1. a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.
2. the act of assembling; state of being assembled.
3. Fine Arts.
a. a sculptural technique of organizing or composing into a unified whole a group of unrelated and often fragmentary or discarded objects.
b. a work of art produced by this technique. Compare collage, found object, ready-made (def. 4).
4. Archaeology. the aggregate of artifacts and other remains found on a site, considered as material evidence in support of a theory concerning the culture or cultures inhabiting it.
Origin:
1695–1705; < F; see assemble, -age
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as·sem·blage   (ə-sěm'blĭj)   
n.  

    1. The act of assembling.

    2. The state of being assembled.

  2. A collection of people or things; a gathering.

  3. A collection of items from a single datable component of an archaeological site.

  4. A fitting together of parts, as those in a machine.

  5. A sculptural composition consisting of an arrangement of miscellaneous objects or found materials.

as·sem'blag·ist n.
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